Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > I intend to use encrypted partitions in my new system, probably > using dm-crypt with the suggested settings. I understand this will have > an impact on performance, but how big it is? I'm talking about a Core 2 > Duo E8400 (@ 3.0GHz) with 2Gb of RAM. Will it be really noticeable? > > Hello my friend. I converted my laptop (Celeron 1.9GHz, 1 GB RAM, 5400RPM HD) to a full encrypted system a year ago (http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/577) and noticed absolutely no performance impact. Also note, that I constantly torture the system with large file transfers from partition to partition, large file creation etc etc, and performance seems to me exactly the same. Giorgos
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